Guatemala vs El Salvador - prediction, team news, lineups

Guatemala volition invited El Salvador to the Estadio Manuel Felipe Carrera for Tuesday's CONCACAF Nations League encounter.

The Chapines began their 2026-27 Nations League run with a 3-2 decision to Jamaica, portion El Salvador made a winning commencement with a 3-1 triumph implicit Martinique.

Match preview

Guatemala made a flying commencement erstwhile in-form Oscar Santis scored wrong the opening 2 minutes, but Jamaica restored parity done Kasey Palmer conscionable earlier fractional time.

The Reggae Boyz past took the pb done Rumen Burrell, earlier Santis struck again to level the scores astatine 2-2.

Guatemala looked acceptable to clasp connected for a point, but Renaldo Cephas scored precocious to implicit a melodramatic 3-2 triumph for Jamaica and permission the Mayans heartbroken.

The decision means Guatemala are inactive searching for their archetypal triumph of 2026 and person present mislaid 5 consecutive matches, conceding 17 goals successful the process.

Interestingly, each 5 defeats person travel distant from home, and Luis Fernando Tena volition anticipation a instrumentality to location ungraded tin yet bring astir a alteration successful fortunes.

El Salvador picked up their 2nd triumph of 2026 aft defeating Martinique successful their opening Group B clash.

Brayan Gil scored a brace, portion Harold Osorio added different wrong the opening 30 minutes to enactment the contention beyond Martinique's reach, and though they pulled 1 backmost successful the 2nd half, the shortage proved excessively overmuch to overcome.

La Selecta played 4 affable matches earlier the competition, drafting twice, losing erstwhile and securing a 1-0 triumph implicit Martinique.

The 2 sides are gathering for the archetypal clip this year, portion they faced each different doubly successful the 2025 World Cup qualifiers, with some teams signaling 1-0 distant victories.

The past gathering betwixt the sides successful the League A signifier of the Nations League ended successful a 2-0 triumph for El Salvador, portion La Selecta person besides avoided decision connected their past 2 visits to Guatemala.

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Team News

Kenderson Navarro endured a nightmare outing betwixt the sticks against Jamaica and is apt to beryllium replaced by Luis Moran.

In defence, Allen Yanes struggled astatine the backmost and could marque mode for Carlos Salvador Estrada, with Kevin Ruiz and Cesar Calderon besides options for Tena.

Rudy Munoz failed to marque an interaction successful the erstwhile crippled and could beryllium dropped from the starting XI, with Jehu Fajardo apt to instrumentality his place.

El Salvador are improbable to marque wholesale changes, though left-back Julio Sibrian could travel into the starting XI successful spot of Diego Flores.

Mauricio Cerritos picked up an wounded successful the erstwhile crippled and is improbable to beryllium risked, with Danis Cerros a earthy replacement successful midfield.

Guatemala imaginable starting lineup:

Moran; Herrera, Estrada, Samayoa, Morales; Evans, Fajardo, Rosales, Santis; Lom, Rubin 

El Salvador imaginable starting lineup:

Gonzalez; Sibrian, Clavel, Cruz Valladares; Cerros, Martinez, Diaz, Tejada; Osorio, B. Gil

We say: Guatemala 0-1 El Salvador

Guatemala person won conscionable erstwhile successful their past 4 meetings with El Salvador, losing 2 of those encounters by a 1-0 scoreline, which points towards different intimately fought contest.

La Selecta volition beryllium buoyed by their triumph implicit Martinique and should transportation that assurance into this fixture, with a constrictive distant triumph the expected outcome.

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